Genesis 41:49

And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

Cross-references

Genesis 41:29 Prophetic fulfillment

Genesis 41:29 predicts seven years of abundance; this verse shows Joseph storing grain during that fulfillment.

Genesis 41:35 commands storing grain; this verse shows Joseph carrying out that instruction.

In Genesis 22:17, God promises Abraham descendants 'as the sand'—the same simile used here for the grain's abundance.

Judges 7:12 Allusion

Judges 7:12 explicitly says the enemy's camels were 'as the sand by the sea side for multitude'—the exact phrase used for Joseph's grain.

1 Samuel 13:5 describes Philistine soldiers 'as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude'—same simile as for Joseph's grain.

Psalm 78:27 Allusion

Psalm 78:27 uses the same 'like sand of the sea' simile for quail, echoing the abundance imagery here.

Jeremiah 33:22 applies 'measureless as sand' to descendants, mirroring the immeasurable grain abundance here.